Improvement in the manufacture of sleigh-knees



W. H. LLOYD.

MANUFACTURE OF SLEIGH-KNEES.

Patented Dec. 21,1875.

INVENTUB i BY ATTORNEY! WITNESSES UNITED STATES PATENT DFFIGE WILLIAM H.LLOYD, OF SPRING VALLEY, MINNESOTA.

IMPROVEMENT IN THE MANUFACTURE OF SLElGH-KNEES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 17 1,295 datedDecember 21, 1875; application filed January 17, 1874.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM H. LL'oYD, of Spring Valley, in the countyof' Fillmore and State of Minnesota, haveinvented a new and usefulImprovement in Sleigh-Knees, of which the following is a specification:

The invention has for its object to provide a new method ofmanufacturing sleigh-knees, consisting of welding two wrought-metal barstogether at a point near one end, and bending and twisting to adapt themfor application to the sleigh body and runner, as hereinafter described.

In the drawing, Figure l is, a view of the knee, as seen when looking atthe side of the sleigh. .Fig. 2is a View when looking lengthwise of therunner.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

A is the sleigh-knee; B, the runner. O is the beam; 0, the rave. Theinner one of the two curved braces D D is bolted to the beam, and thisbrace is somewhat longer than the other. The other brace D supports theend of the beam, and also the rave, the same bolt passing through both.The short arms E E are securely bolted to the top of the runner. Thisknee is made by welding together two pieces of wrought-iron at the pointF, and spreading and curving the parts to form the braces D D, and thenspreading the other ends to form the short arms E E. and twisting thewelded or solid portion so that the braces D D, and the short

